Eisenach (DE)

Eisenach ([ˈaɪ̯zənax]) is a town (41,970 inhabitants end 2020) in Thuringia, located west of Erfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situated near the former Inner German border. A major attraction is Wartburg castle, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Eisenach is situated on the Hörsel river, a tributary of the Werra between the Thuringian Forest in the south, the Hainich mountains in the north-east and the East Hesse Highlands in the north-west.

Loading map...

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"auto","height":"300px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":11,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.977,"lon":10.321,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Postmark in Germany

Postam code 99817

File:Eisenach (DE) a.jpg

Postmarks in German Empire

File:Eisenach (DE) DR a.jpg

File:Eisenach (DE) DR b.jpg

Postmark in North German Confederation

Since 1 January 1868.

File:Eisenach (DE) NPB a.jpg

Postmarks by Thurn und Taxis

EISENACH Kreis used a T&T code 231 in the Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach district. OSTHEIM used a T&T code 241 in the Eisenach Kreis.

File:Eisenach (DE) TT a.jpg

241 at OSTHEIM on a 1865 issue.

Circle on a 1866 issue.

Frame EISENACH-HALLE Bahnpost on a 1867 issue. Sold 1,750 DM80.